Imagine a community of N people following these three rules:

  1. Every day, at most 1 person is born
  2. Every day, at least 1 person dies
  3. Over time, the population does not decrease (tomorrow, N must be ≥ the N of today)

What is the minimum value possible for N to start as?

What other social or biological constraints you choose to enforce is up to you, but it is probably most fun if your initial simulation follows modern norms. Then you can skew the variables to see how bizarre a community you can create.

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